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KHOST (AIP): At least nine Taliban were killed in separate air-strikes conducted by foreign troops in Barmal district of Paktika province yesterday (Monday), an official said Tuesday. A spokesman for Paktika governor told AIP that the people of the area informed NATO about the presence of Taliban...
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KABUL (AIP): Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected Taliban in an operation early today (Oct. 08) in Paktia province, a coalition statement said Monday. The combined force raided compounds on "credible intelligence" in the Gardez District, the statement said. "After conducting a s...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): At least two people were killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack in the southern Helmand province today (Oct. 08), eyewitness said Monday. The suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the office of ALP, a USAID funded non-governmental organization working for a...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): Three police were killed as their vehicle overturned in the Ghazni province yesterday (Oct. 07), police said Monday. The vehicle overturned after Taliban attacked a police patrol in Lewany bazaar of Qarabagh district, said General Ali Shah Ahmadzai, provincial police chief. He...
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KHOST (AIP): A motorcycle bomb explosion left two civilian wounded in Khost City today (Oct. 08), an official said Monday. A senior police officer, Colonel Wazir Badshah , told Afghan Islamic Press that in the incident was happened in eastern part of the city when an explosive laden motorcycle de...
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HERAT (AIP): A border police was killed and two an alleged smugglers were wounded during a clash in the western Herat last night. Commander of 4the border corps of western zone, General Rahmatullah Safi told Afghan Islamic Press that a clash took place between border police and smugglers in Korla...
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HERAT (AIP): Health Minister Sayyed Muhammad Amin Fatimi opened a newly constructed burn unit at Herat Hopital yesterday (Oct. 07). The burn unit was constructed at a cost 700,000 US dollar in a period of one year. Besides senior Afghan officials, the opening ceremony was also attended by Fren...
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KABUL (AIP): An Afghan child was killed and two more were injured today (Oct 8) in Khost province in unclear circumstances, said an ISAF press release issued here Monday. The release said that at this time, it was unclear as to exactly how the incident occurred, but the children were most likel...
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KABUL (AIP): A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before he could blow himself up, who entered police headquarters in police uniform in center of Logar province, police said Sunday. In-charge of crime branch of Logar province, Qudratullah Arabzai told AIP that the bomber, who was wearing a...
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KUNAR (AIP): A large number of people held a protest demonstration in Soki district of Kunar province against foreign troops for killing two civilians during a clash with armed Taliban militants, sources told AIP on Sunday. The people from various nearby villages took part in the demonstration,...